River Mountain Antiques & Primitives Works to Offer More Than What’s Expected
Kingsport, TN – Stepping through the door at River Mountain Antiques & Primitives, you might be struck by: 1) how much the place resembles stores in Asheville and 2) that it’s not just tables and pie safes – there are funky clothes and cool jewelry, too.
Owners Debbie and Reed Dykes have transformed 6,000 square feet of the former Dobyns Taylor store (120 Broad Street) into an emporium of items ranging from tiny onsies and tees for infants to towering iron garden arbors to vintage bamboo fishing rods to furniture to original artwork (by local artists Margaret Helvey and Brenda Bundrant), and pottery to linen dresses, jewelry made from recycled materials – and many other interesting things.
Retired teachers, the Dykes had sold a small selection of antiques and furniture throughout their teaching years, so the move to full-time shop owners was always “the plan.”
